Nations lose over 6.5 pc of GNI to smoking

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USD 461 million in income losses nationwide, or 6.9 per cent of the country's USD 6.6 million total.

The average lifespan in Namibia is 47, meaning that many people are losing a lot of prime earning years. And while smoking is hardly the only reason--low income nations have many variables affecting life expectancy--the habit has always been picked up most heavily by the less well-to-do, adding to the health and earning problems even more, it adds.

Guinea, Kenya, Namibia and Yemen, which together average USD 1,245 in gross national income per capita, are all among the 10 heaviest smoking countries in the world.

The Gross National Income in Nauru, which tops the list, is USD 5,000 per capita, of which a smoker can expect to lose an average of USD 694 over his working life.